CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



Importance of behavior 1 



Descriptions of equipment 2 



Noose pole 2 



Bamboo poles 2 



Restraining bar 2 



Hold-down fork 4 



Nets 4 



Transport boxes 4 



Adult male marking box 4 



Noise makers 6 



Marking 6 



Tags 6 



Pelage marks 6 



Harnesses 7 



Capture techniques 8 



Adult males 8 



Subadult males 9 



Peripheral males 10 



Adult females 11 



Noose captures 11 



Net captures 13 



Mass captures 14 



Pup captures 14 



Feeding captive animals in permanent facilities 15 



Literature cited 15 



Figures 



1 . A noose pole or choker used to control small fur seals 2 



2. Restraint devices used to immobilize small to medium sized fur seals 3 



3 . A hoop net with a handle of aluminum tubing inserted inside a piece of aluminum pipe welded and braced to the hoop 4 



4. A transport box with removable handles used to carry fur seal females and small males 4 



5. A box with a specially shaped, moveable roof used to immobilize adult male fur seals using downward pressure 5 



6. A harness around the neck and chest of an adult female fur seal 7 



7. The dimensions of a nylon harness used to attach a time-depth recorder to a 65 kg juvenile male fur seal 8 



8. An adult male fur seal showing the proper placement of two ropes across the chest used to drag the animal into a box for mark- 

 ing 8 



9. A method of capturing male fur seals weighing up to 160 kg using a hoop net 11 



10. Illustration showing the placement of a choker 12 



Table 



1. Abbreviated chronology of the fur seal breeding season 2 



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